I'm a cinematographer and don't play Honkai Star Rail but have had a friend recently introduce me to these Cinematics. I personally really enjoy the Myriad Celestia trailers as they are FULL of Symbolism. The team behind these trailers are extremely talented in encapsulating an ideology, theme or story only in a matter of minutes. You can Chalk this trailer into three parts. "The Premiere Performance", "The 99th Showing" and finally "The 990th Showing". To those who might need some help understanding this trailer, I will go over each showing in detail and pointing out significant symbolism. 1. The Premiere Performance - This actress is completely separate from the character "Sparkle". She monologues about her true vulnerable human emotions while the mask "Sparkle" always remains the same. Also side note, and just my theory, the cherry blossoms during this entire "premiere" symbolize the transience of life. Life is ever changing and in this case ever fleeting. The majority of the music during this is bouncy and fun with a very subtle somber undertone leading us to the 99th showing. 2. The 99th Showing - She is now being gradually engulfed by this Character she is acting as. Her monologue in this Showing is telling us that the mask is now reflecting her emotions. I especially like the use of reflection/mirror imaging. In Cinema, mirrors or reflections can symbolize lies and deceit, aging and death, or in this case madness and corruption. She is becoming corrupt by this "Sparkle" character she is playing indicated by the final quote "the one in the mirror, that's Sparkle". (Side note - You see two Kitsune statues next to her at the end. Kitsune are trickster foxes and have supernatural abilities. The one ability that fits this scene the most is Metamorphosis. She has a kitsune mask as well but this showing is much more significant asthe actress has reached her transitionary point.) The music in this Showing has become a little louder, forceful and aggressive foreshadowing the dark, chaotic finale of the 990th showing. 3. The 990th Showing - She has lost herself completely by playing her character "Sparkle" for so long. The mask is no longer imitating her but instead, displaying it's own emotions separate of her own based on her monologue. The Red Spider lilies really caught my attention as they were in almost every scene. Red Spider Lilies most notoriously symbolize "Death and Rebirth". At the end of the the third showing, The actress is hanging from ribbons completely helpless to the masks looking down her which is portraying death of self. The Masks lifeless eyes appear in the background looking down on her helpless body with the quote "I am not sparkle". The Eyes then change to her own life-filled eyes looking down on her followed by the quote "No, I am Sparkle" indicating her rebirth of her character "Sparkle". The music has hit it's Crescendo, with the melody becoming quicker and much more chaotic. The final quote "Who's the real Sparkle" to me is a little cliché but I understand the "mysterious" direction they are going with. All in all this is absolutely incredible story telling from the cinematography to music design. Very deep for being a game. I continue to look forward to more of these Celestia trailers as they are a blast to dissect scene by scene and sometimes even frame by frame. If you've read all this, props! Hopefully you've enjoyed this breakdown and possibly helped you realize or understand some of the scenes better. If I missed anything significant please let me know!
Extremely good breakdown of this teaser, I love Sparkle’s character and personally think she’s the most interesting character in the game thus far. I hope you continue to follow the game from afar!
bro i would love to see ur reactions and share ur thoughts about these kind of trailers. just a request, but i'd love it so much if u make vids and share some stuff as a cinematographer!
At first, she's only *playing the Sparkle* , the character on stage. By the 99th performance, she start *reflecting the Sparkle* , immersing into the character. By the 990th performance, she is *becoming the Sparkle* , she start losing herself. Right now, she *is the Sparkle* , the character itself, with its own emotion.
What i got from this is she progresivly went insane Went from the mask is where i can hide my emotions (becouse the mask always smiled) To the mask mirrors me To im not sparkle But the mask is sparkle AHA ( the aeon) you son of a joke i love you 😅
Yeah she seems to have basically lost her own persona as she continued putting a mask on. Dunno if the mask is a metaphor or an actual supernatural item that slowly ate away her persona, putting the real sparkle in the mirror and eventually taking over.
The way I didn't even know there was a Myriad Celestia until I got this notif. Lorie you're so quick wth Also Sparkle seems...unhinged... I want her :D
She was an actress or idol but the constant switching personas slowly broke her down until she snapped. Eventually she could no longer separate herself from her stage persona… and this resulted in the Sparkle we have today
I think it's not she can no longer separate herself from her stage persona. It's more like her stage persona slowly gaining sentience and took over her. From the start the persona was a mask for her. The middle the persona was just like her. The end the persona turned against her.
My beloved mask. When I'm happy, you're smiling. When I'm angry, you're smiling. When I'm sad, you're smiling. You're like a veil that I can hide under, The one under the veil is Sparkle. My beloved mask. When I'm happy, you're smiling. When I'm angry, you're screming. When I'm sad, you're crying. You're like a mirror showing reflection, The one on the mirror is Sparkle. My beloved mask. When I'm happy, you're screaming. When I'm angry, you're crying. When I'm sad, you're smiling. You're like a face staring at me, I am not Sparkle. No, I'm Sparkle. Who's the Real Sparkle?
"Who's the real Sparkle" "Well, all i know its not Sparkle's Body" "Mask is also Sparkle" "Is Sparkle a "Puppet" or is she a "Master" "Just Sparkle" "Sparkle" by Sparkle Studios Starring: Sparkle Written by: Sparkle Music Composed by: Sparkle Cinematography by: Sparkle Produced by: Sparkle Directed by: Sparkle Sparkled by: Sparkle
I dont really wanna talk about genshin on an hsr video but,shes giving me furina vibes and the trailer its giving me nahida happy birthday trailer like ???? her lore looks pretty good honestly,im excited to know more about her
She's basically Jared Leto method acting but taking it to the extreme and has completely become unhinged and doesnt know who she is anymore, the line between her and the character Sparkle has become intertwined that she doesn't know what's real and what's the character.
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I'm a cinematographer and don't play Honkai Star Rail but have had a friend recently introduce me to these Cinematics. I personally really enjoy the Myriad Celestia trailers as they are FULL of Symbolism. The team behind these trailers are extremely talented in encapsulating an ideology, theme or story only in a matter of minutes.
You can Chalk this trailer into three parts. "The Premiere Performance", "The 99th Showing" and finally "The 990th Showing". To those who might need some help understanding this trailer, I will go over each showing in detail and pointing out significant symbolism.
1. The Premiere Performance - This actress is completely separate from the character "Sparkle". She monologues about her true vulnerable human emotions while the mask "Sparkle" always remains the same. Also side note, and just my theory, the cherry blossoms during this entire "premiere" symbolize the transience of life. Life is ever changing and in this case ever fleeting. The majority of the music during this is bouncy and fun with a very subtle somber undertone leading us to the 99th showing.
2. The 99th Showing - She is now being gradually engulfed by this Character she is acting as. Her monologue in this Showing is telling us that the mask is now reflecting her emotions. I especially like the use of reflection/mirror imaging. In Cinema, mirrors or reflections can symbolize lies and deceit, aging and death, or in this case madness and corruption. She is becoming corrupt by this "Sparkle" character she is playing indicated by the final quote "the one in the mirror, that's Sparkle". (Side note - You see two Kitsune statues next to her at the end. Kitsune are trickster foxes and have supernatural abilities. The one ability that fits this scene the most is Metamorphosis. She has a kitsune mask as well but this showing is much more significant asthe actress has reached her transitionary point.) The music in this Showing has become a little louder, forceful and aggressive foreshadowing the dark, chaotic finale of the 990th showing.
3. The 990th Showing - She has lost herself completely by playing her character "Sparkle" for so long. The mask is no longer imitating her but instead, displaying it's own emotions separate of her own based on her monologue. The Red Spider lilies really caught my attention as they were in almost every scene. Red Spider Lilies most notoriously symbolize "Death and Rebirth". At the end of the the third showing, The actress is hanging from ribbons completely helpless to the masks looking down her which is portraying death of self. The Masks lifeless eyes appear in the background looking down on her helpless body with the quote "I am not sparkle". The Eyes then change to her own life-filled eyes looking down on her followed by the quote "No, I am Sparkle" indicating her rebirth of her character "Sparkle". The music has hit it's Crescendo, with the melody becoming quicker and much more chaotic.
The final quote "Who's the real Sparkle" to me is a little cliché but I understand the "mysterious" direction they are going with.
All in all this is absolutely incredible story telling from the cinematography to music design. Very deep for being a game. I continue to look forward to more of these Celestia trailers as they are a blast to dissect scene by scene and sometimes even frame by frame. If you've read all this, props! Hopefully you've enjoyed this breakdown and possibly helped you realize or understand some of the scenes better. If I missed anything significant please let me know!
This was so wonderful and detailed! Thank you for this!
Extremely good breakdown of this teaser, I love Sparkle’s character and personally think she’s the most interesting character in the game thus far. I hope you continue to follow the game from afar!
bro i would love to see ur reactions and share ur thoughts about these kind of trailers. just a request, but i'd love it so much if u make vids and share some stuff as a cinematographer!
At first, she's only *playing the Sparkle* , the character on stage. By the 99th performance, she start *reflecting the Sparkle* , immersing into the character. By the 990th performance, she is *becoming the Sparkle* , she start losing herself. Right now, she *is the Sparkle* , the character itself, with its own emotion.
What i got from this is she progresivly went insane
Went from the mask is where i can hide my emotions (becouse the mask always smiled)
To the mask mirrors me
To im not sparkle
But the mask is sparkle
AHA ( the aeon) you son of a joke i love you 😅
Yeah she seems to have basically lost her own persona as she continued putting a mask on. Dunno if the mask is a metaphor or an actual supernatural item that slowly ate away her persona, putting the real sparkle in the mirror and eventually taking over.
The way I didn't even know there was a Myriad Celestia until I got this notif. Lorie you're so quick wth
Also Sparkle seems...unhinged...
I want her :D
Yeah, she's so interesting!
Looks like nahida happy birthday teaser if anyone remembers 👀. I'll definitely pull for sparkles for my Dan Heng
Btw it is a character teaser.
NOOOO SAVE FOR ACHERON HER KIT WAS LEAKED!
@@jayaantilofi2422let the player pull what they want bro. Don't push them to pull another character just because you like it.
@@Haruto104 Fr. Like who cares if theyre meta or not, just let players pull who they want to pull.
@@Haruto104Agreed
@@jayaantilofi2422Cringe comment
She was an actress or idol but the constant switching personas slowly broke her down until she snapped. Eventually she could no longer separate herself from her stage persona… and this resulted in the Sparkle we have today
I think it's not she can no longer separate herself from her stage persona. It's more like her stage persona slowly gaining sentience and took over her.
From the start the persona was a mask for her.
The middle the persona was just like her.
The end the persona turned against her.
Furina: skill issue.
My beloved mask.
When I'm happy, you're smiling.
When I'm angry, you're smiling.
When I'm sad, you're smiling.
You're like a veil that I can hide under,
The one under the veil is Sparkle.
My beloved mask.
When I'm happy, you're smiling.
When I'm angry, you're screming.
When I'm sad, you're crying.
You're like a mirror showing reflection,
The one on the mirror is Sparkle.
My beloved mask.
When I'm happy, you're screaming.
When I'm angry, you're crying.
When I'm sad, you're smiling.
You're like a face staring at me,
I am not Sparkle. No, I'm Sparkle.
Who's the Real Sparkle?
Shut up
Is it just me or was she giving mad Junko vibes in this trailer? I'm so hyped for her!
Honestly she's giving, Yuno Mirai Nikki, Oshi no ko Ai, Junko vibes off the max
She reminds me SOOOO much of Junko!
Ohhhh this is really interesting. There are so many ways her story can go here and I'm excited to learn more!
Also... I love your shirt :D
Shes so confusing... but this trailer was honestly so cool and the music was so good too
Ikr I’m still confuse by her character I still like her and will pull for her haha since she interesting and a good sup :D
she's basically a mix between Joker and Harley Quinn
"Who's the real Sparkle"
"Well, all i know its not Sparkle's Body"
"Mask is also Sparkle"
"Is Sparkle a "Puppet" or is she a "Master"
"Just Sparkle"
"Sparkle" by Sparkle Studios
Starring: Sparkle
Written by: Sparkle
Music Composed by: Sparkle
Cinematography by: Sparkle
Produced by: Sparkle
Directed by: Sparkle
Sparkled by: Sparkle
She gives me harley queen vibes
I didn't understand anything but WOOOO, Sparkle 💖
Robin CN VA is Furina's CN VA, Robin song is "If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking", and we also have ""Sparkle" the Universe Actress.
I dont really wanna talk about genshin on an hsr video but,shes giving me furina vibes and the trailer its giving me nahida happy birthday trailer like ???? her lore looks pretty good honestly,im excited to know more about her
Yesss she’s giving me furina vibes tooo
omg nahida comeback to the happy birthday😅😅😅
Makes me think of Furina. I really want her, but I need to save for Acheron... maybe I'll do thirty pulls just to see if I get lucky 😂
She's basically Jared Leto method acting but taking it to the extreme and has completely become unhinged and doesnt know who she is anymore, the line between her and the character Sparkle has become intertwined that she doesn't know what's real and what's the character.
wow you are fast :D
Bro Lorie 😂so fast 😮
lets goooo, my favorite reaction
Hey Lorie! Have you gone through character archives in Honkai star rail? (Basically through the computer in dan hangs room)
She looks so pretty good! 😁👍🏻
Wait sparkle myriad Celestia omg 😍😍😍 ❤
And im about to sleep
Sparkle ❤
queeen you're so fast
This trailer made her an infinitely more interesting character to me
Definitely very confused by her but she's interesting for sure. Still on the pull for her train and can't wait until her banner!
hu tao energy seriously and the trailer is like nahida, furina combined with hutao energy 😩😩
She can fix me!
sparkle is so interesting
finally finished 2.0 story, very glad that I can skip Firefly and pull for Acheron
花火好美
She’s giving me furina vibes
a Girl who want to Find Pleasure
She is basically when method actor when too far in her character and went psycho
i ...can...fix...her...
"interesting"
"Promosm" 😅
in japanese is better